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SEC. 11. To be kept at place designated in license-provision for removal -No person shall under such license keep a dramshop at any place other than the one designated in such license: Provided, that he may remove the carrying on of such business, during the continuation of such license, from the tenement designated therein to any other tenement in the city, by obtaining the written consent of a majority of such assessed owners in the block or square in which the tenement to be occupied is situated, as are residents of the city, as in the first instance, but such removal and the date thereof shall be endorsed by the city auditor on such license, and it shall be the duty of any dramshop keeper so removing, to present his license to the city auditor for endorsement before such removal. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 32.

SEC. 12. License to be framed and posted.-Each dramshop keeper licensed under the provisions herein, shall immediately cause such license to be framed, and to be and remain posted upon some conspicuous part of the room or bar kept or used as a dramshop. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 33.

SEC. 13. Selling liquor to minors prohibitedpenalty. Every dramshop keeper who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done about his premises, any intoxicating liquors in any quantity to any minor without the permission of the parent, master or guardian of such minor first had and obtained, or who shall have in his employ about his dramshop, or who shall permit any person under the age of twenty-one years to frequent or remain about such dramshop, or who shall permit any bawd, lewd woman or prostitute to frequent such dramshop, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 34.

SEC. 14. Keeping open on Sunday, election day, etc., prohibited-penalty.-Any person who shall have a license as a dramshop keeper, who shall keep open such dram

shop, or who shall sell, give away or otherwise dispose of, or suffer the same to be done upon or about his premises, any intoxicating liquors, in any quantity, on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, or on any election day for the choice of presidential electors, state, county or city officers, shall upon conviction thereof be punished by fine as follows: For the first offense not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars; for the second offense not less than thirty dollars nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars; for the third offense not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars; and in addition to the fine in the third offense, such judge of the police court or other court before whom such person is tried, shall declare such license forfeited to the city of St. Joseph, and thereafter it shall be unlawful for such licensee or any other person to do business under such forfeited. license; and the person to whom such license was issued shall not be permitted to receive another as dramshop keeper for a period of six months. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 35.

SEC. 15. Conditions under which license is granted-penalty.-Every license as a dramshop keeper shall be granted upon condition that the holder thereof shall close his place of business whenever the mayor by proclamation shall so order, and for such length of time as he may order, not exceeding forty-eight hours at any one time. Any person violating, failing, neglecting or refusing to comply with any of the provisions of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. 0. No. 441, Sec. 36.

SEC. 16. Performing on musical instruments, sparring, boxing, wrestling, gaming tables, etc., prohibited-penalty.—A dramshop keeper shall not keep, exhibit, use or suffer to be used in his dramshop, any piano, organ or other musical instrument whatever, for the purpose of performing upon or having the same performed upon in such

dramshop; nor shall he permit any sparring, boxing, wrestling, or other exhibition or contest or cock fight, in his dramshop; and it shall be unlawful for any dramshop keeper to set up, keep, use or permit to be kept or used, in or about the premises of his dramshop, by any other person, or run or to be run in connection with such dramshop, in any manner or form whatever, any gaming tables, bowling or ten pin alley, cards, dice or other device for gaming or playing any game of chance, excepting billiard tables and pool tables; and the keeper of such dramshop shall not permit any person in or about his dramshop to play upon any such table or alley or with cards, dice or any gambling device of any kind. Every person violating any provision of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 37.

SEC. 17. Employment of lewd women prohibited. No dram shop keeper shall employ or allow any lewd woman or woman having the reputation of being a prostitute, as a carrier of beer, liquors, cigars or any other article, or to sing or dance in such house or place, or to allow any such woman to act as bar tender in any such house or place, under a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 38.

SEC. 18. Dramshop not to be licensed in house of ill fame.-No dramshop shall be licensed or permitted to be kept or maintained in any house or building used for the purpose of prostitution, or as a house of assignation or ill fame. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 39.

SEC. 19. Sale of intoxicating liquors in theaters prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to sell, solicit, barter or give away any intoxicating liquor on the floor, in the boxes or among the audience of any theater or variety show or minstrel performance in the city of St. Joseph. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 40.

SEC. 20. Penalty.-Whoever shall violate any of the provisions hereof as relating to dramshop keepers, where no special penalty is provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 41.

SEC. 21. Auditor and treasurer to report to county monthly.-It shall be the duty of the city auditor to report to the collector of Buchanan county monthly the number of dramshop licenses issued during the month, together with a list of the persons procuring such license, and the amount due the state and county on the same, said report to be made not later than the second day of the month next succeeding that in which the licenses were issued; and it is hereby made the duty of the city collector to pay over to said county collector the amount due said state and county as shown by said city auditor's report, on or before the fourth day of the month next succeeding that in which such license fees were collected, and to take said county collector's receipt therefor. [G. O. No. 441, Sec. 42.

SEC. 22. License may be revoked. Whenever it shall be shown to the mayor, upon the written statement of three or more reputable property owners, subscribed and sworn to, that any dramshop keeper has not kept at all times an orderly house, the mayor shall at once notify such dramshop keeper to appear before him, and he shall investigate the charges preferred. If satisfied of the truth of the statement 'made, he shall revoke the license of such dramshop keeper, and if requested by such dramshop keeper he shall forthwith place the papers in the hands of the city attorney with instructions to institute proceedings in the police court against such dramshop keeper, and if on the trial of such case the dramshop keeper shall be acquitted, the revocation of such license by the mayor shall be null and void; provided, that the city auditor shall not grant a license to any person whose license has been

revoked, or who has been convicted more than one time during the year preceding his application for a dramshop license for violation of any ordinance relating to dramshops, or has had in his employ in his business of dramshop keeping any person whose license has been revoked. [G. O. No. 544, Sec. 1.

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SECTION 1.

Elections governed, by what laws.— All elections held for city officers or city purposes in the city of St. Joseph, shall be held at such place or places in each ward as the mayor and common council may by ordinance direct, and according to the regulations prescribed by the laws of the state governing registration and elections, and the provisions of this ordinance. [G. O. No. 534, Sec. 1.

SEC. 2. Notice, how given.--The mayor shall, by proclamation, give seven days public notice of the time and place of holding any general or special election, by publication in at least two of the daily papers of the city, one of which shall be the official paper of the city, if there be one. [G. O. No. 534, Sec. 2.

SEC. 3.

Judges, appointment of--form of oath. -The common council shall, at least seven days before

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